Wiper missing part of the windshield

[mark2410]

Originally Posted by OldEngineer

Sounds interesting?
On another car I own this problem is caused by the wiper pivot moving in its rubber mounting. This one is fixed by applying a 'penny washer' to the outside of the rubber pivot.

err applying a what now??


Oh i googled, how exactly did you apply it?

[OldEngineer]

If it's the same it will be the mounting washers at the extremes of the mechanism...

[neilgorin]

Originally Posted by cm-mojo

I have this on my v90. I assumed the windshield itself wasn't very level....@neilgorin can you explain your fix a little more? Is yours a v90? The wipers are different on a v90 to a v60

Sorry I assumed they were the same.

Principle would be similar for all modern flappy wipers though, the rubber should be able to slide as the blade passes over the screen but they get jammed in the end caps on most cars using the Bosch style wipers - whether they have a watering arm or not.

[davidwf15]

Grrrr.... my (new to me) June 2022 V60CC also smears badly on the down stroke....I have cleaned the glass to perfection - steam clean, slightly abrasive glass polish and steam clean again, two sets of new rubbers and it is no better

I feel this is a safety issue as the smeared part is of course right in the middle of your view

Could it be the arm itself ?

[davidwf15]

just found this......and added a few more details

Originally Posted by mark2410

okay i had a go...... how do you get the end bits off? they did not want to come off when i tried

Remove the blade from the arm as described in the manual
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Take the rubber out in the normal way - gently lever the small clip at the "top end" of the arm and slide the cap out with the rubber attached
the rubber is pushed into this end cap, pull it out and put the other end of the rubber into this end cap, re-insert the rubber and pop the arm back on.
Just tried and it certainly looks better.......

[Big 240]

Originally Posted by Big 240

I watched an interesting YouTube video in relation to something similar. It was to help with wiper judder, and the fix was to twist the actual wiper arm(like wringing out a towel) as this slightly changed the angle that the wiper blades sat on the windscreen. This may help?

Did you try this?

[davidwf15]

Originally Posted by davidwf15

just found this......and added a few more details

Remove the blade from the arm as described in the manual
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Take the rubber out in the normal way - gently lever the small clip at the "top end" of the arm and slide the cap out with the rubber attached
the rubber is pushed into this end cap, pull it out and put the other end of the rubber into this end cap, re-insert the rubber and pop the arm back on.
Just tried and it certainly looks better.......

Unfortunately although it at first looked promising, this didnt help

[davidwf15]

car spent all day at the dealership today, they seem very competent and checked through pretty much everything they could... wiper rubbers (obviously) OK, blade angle and arm tensions etc all unfortunately to no avail

They did also comment that all V60's do it including a brand new one just delivered....hmmm.... adding that it may just be a characteristic of the car....which I read as a get out clause...

I am not at all happy with this and made that quite cear adding that when my wife who is shorter than me drives the car the smeared area is right in the middle of her eyeline.
If it is a charasteric of the car I would like to see the type approval which states that it is OK to have an approximately 2 inch band of smear right in the middle of the screen !!!!!

To their credit they have raised a technical case with Volvo so I guess I just have to wait for the outcome of that

If it still cant get resolved I will contact the ombudsman / SMMT as it is dangerous....I am sure my insurance company would not be happy to know I am in effect driving with defective wipers, characteristic of the car or not ....really??? on an almost 50 grand car???

[Ulrikas PA]

This definitely might NOT work, but...

I bought my V60 used from a Volvo dealer with working wiper blades, but in the run up to winter I bought some new Volvo blades. A couple of months later I got the same smearing you describe and kept emptying the washer bottle. No good Despite cleaning and refitting.

Solution for me:- I put the old Bosch aeroblades back on that i kept in the new Volvo box.

No problems since. I think you can still buy a single Bosch blade rather than a pair - got to be worth a go if you've tried everything else?

[techwatcher]

Sounds like the dealer is doing what it can to resolve the issue.

Here's the relevant requirement from type approval:

"The vehicle must be fitted with a windscreen washer and wiper system sufficient to give the driver an adequate view of the road."

As is common with documents of this nature, the word "adequate" isn't defined and it would ultimately be for a court to decide on a definition.

Hope Volvo resolve this to your satisfaction and you don't have to take this further.